[My translation: The two meetings, on July 12th and last Tuesday, took place by invitation from Obama’s special envoy to the peace process in Havana, Bernard Aronson, and the U.S. Ambassador to Bogota, Kevin Whitaker. The first meeting lasted two hours and focused, according to (Colombia’s Defense Minister Luis Carlos) Villegas, on the need for a “national union” on the peace issues. They also discussed national security, a major priority of uribismo which insists has deteriorated since the start of the FARC talks three years ago.]

Tuesday’s meeting lasted five hours.

Now-senator Uribe has consistently insisted that the FARC completely disarm and its leaders must serve time in prison, and is firmly opposed to a government proposal for a special legislative commission that would allow for FARC member participation in Congress. The government, on the other hand, wants to expedite approval of this proposal.

Tweeting yesterday, Uribe stated:
“The reform the Government announces is a coup against the people, against democracy, all in favor of the FARC.”

Uribe had sought support from U.S. congress members for his opposition stance last February.

In other Colombia news, Santos, who had tip-toed on the border dispute with Venezuela for fear that Venezuela may undermine his pet project of peace with the FARC, is now declaring that ‘the Bolivarian revolution has failed.’